!!!Fiction->'''Katara:''' ''(On her recently revealed HealingHands)'' I guess... I ''always knew''.->'''Sokka:''' Oh? Well, then [[SarcasmMode thanks for all the first aid over the years]].-->- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->''If you could have any super power, what would it be?''->"The 'my power beats your power' power."-->'''JohnnyYongBosch''' on a Voice Actor question card.

->'''Cartman:''' Hold on you guys, I actually have another power: I can see into the future too, but ''better than Kyle''. Let me try it.\\'''Kyle:''' God dammit, Cartman, you can't keep making up new powers!\\'''Stan:''' Yeah dude, that's like the fifth power you've come up with!\\'''Cartman:''' I am Bulrog, and I have lots and lots of powers.\\'''Kyle:''' No, asshole! From now on you only get to have ''one'' power, so what is it?!\\'''Cartman:''' I have the power to have all the powers I want.\\'''Kyle:''' That doesn't count, fatass!\\'''Stan:''' Yeah! That it, Cartman! You don't get to have ''any'' powers!\\'''Cartman:''' C'mon!-->'''''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''''', "Good Times With Weapons"

->'''Sailor Moon:''' Tiara! Use your lesbian trapper!->''(Sailor Moon's tiara becomes larger and binds the MonsterOfTheWeek)''->'''Luna:''' How the f*ck did you do that?->'''Sailor Moon:''' Hell if I know! This show makes no sense!-->--''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged''

->''“No stop Marrissa you cannt kill me im yur mother!” I stopped an thot she was lyin but then I used my detective power an new it was true.''-->-- ''FanFic/{{ITS MY LIFE}}!''

-> '''Amy''': You can drive a motorbike?-> '''Rory''': I expect so. It's been that kind of day.-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Let's Kill Hitler"

->''"Hey, that's just like an anime, isn't it? I got that new power right when I needed it!"''-->- '''Haruhi''', ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''

->''"Now I shall use Mega-Ultra Chicken's secret ability that I just this second made up to convert my Life Points into Attack Points, merging me with the beast itself!"''-->--'''Melvin''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

->''"I have placed my soul inside the Millennium Puzzle, because apparently I can do that."''-->--'''Florence''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

->''"Yes, my roses allow me to do this [turn invisible] as well... I won't lie to you, I am just as surprised about it as you are."''-->--'''Pisces Aphrodite''', ''WebVideo/SaintSeiyaAbridged''

->'''Krillin:''' Goku, did you just read my mind?\\'''Goku:''' Yu-huh!\\'''Krillin:''' But how could you-!\\'''Goku:''' [[VoodooShark Muffin button]].\\'''Krillin:''' ...[[FlatWhat What]]?-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged''

!!!RealLife->''Resist the urge to use magic to solve problems unless you've already explained and shown that aspect of how the magic works. Don't give the heroes a new power [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands whenever they need one]], and be very careful about writing laws into your system just so that you can use them in a single particular situation."'' -->--'''Creator/BrandonSanderson''', ''[[http://brandonsanderson.com/article/40/Sandersons-First-Law Sanderson's First Law]]''

->{{Franchise/Superman}} had at least 150 powers, and the [{{WesternAnimation/Super Friends}}] writers were making up two or three more every episode. If a script called for it, Superman would leak paste out of his ears that can control the weather.-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', on [[http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/superman.htm Superman]]

->Tess. Just...everything about her. We saw this kind of thing all the time with Lana, where she became a utility character. Anytime you needed to throw a weird curveball into a season, just have Lana [[BodySurf possessed by a witch]] who is her [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] and is somehow [[IfJesusThenAliens connected to Krypton.]] Need to [[PutOnABus write her out]] of the series? Elevate her to superhero status but poison the source of her powers [[PoisonousPerson with Kryptonite]]. So far Tess has been Lex's [[TheDragon confidante]] and [[MeetTheNewBoss replacement]]...And now, in another ecstatically zany retcon, she's both [[EveryoneIsRelated Lex's sister]] and [[ComicBook/TheNewGods Big Barda]].-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep08 Julian Finn]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Abandoned"

->But is Magneto really dead? No. [[JokerImmunity Of course he isn’t]]...'The Earth’s magnetic field has healed me, as a mother nourishes her son!' and that’s… that’s got some really weird implications. Like, Magneto was essentially incorporeal the last time we saw him, and now he’s back to normal. Is the implication here that Magneto is actually held together physically by magnetism? Is that one of those weird [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] things like how he used to be able to brainwash people with his '[[CharmPerson magnetic personality]]?'-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-4x07-sanctuary-part-2/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}, "Sanctuary, Part 2"

->...Aldritch Killian, an Ex-Nerd out for revenge after Tony skipped a meeting one time, and his nameless henchmen with a confusing grab-bag of fire powers, like (sounding progressively more confused) glowing, getting hot, exploding, SuperStrength, [[HealingFactor regrowing limbs]], [[MagicPants flameproof clothes]], and... [[BreathWeapon shooting fire off their mouth]]? They really made them up as they went along, huh?-->--''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' about ''Film/IronMan3''----